If a balanced budget amendment is attached to raising the debt ceiling, the bill will either pass and the amendment will go to the states for ratification (where it will surely succeed), or it will fail and the failure will be at the hands of Democrats in Congress. Either way, it is a victory for the GOP, and especially for conservatives. It is truly amazing | Read More »

As Ken Blackwell wrote in the Daily Caller, he, along with conservative Senator-elect Mike Lee of Utah have launched a new campaign, Balanced Budget Amendment Now. With President Barack Obama hellbent on adding to our massive deficits and stealing from future generations of Americans, voters elected many fiscal conservatives into congress, and now it’s time to take action: You have heard all of the clichés: | Read More »

I consider it a complete, thorough waste of time and energy to pass the FairTax, as its currently written. There is one simple reason: there is no super-majority requirement to raise the tax rate in the future. If the currently-drafted FairTax is passed, the US Congress will be able to raise the tax rate — constantly, forever — through a simple majority vote. FairTax supporters | Read More »

Young Americans are intimately aware that our economy is struggling. It may be the fact that graduation is looming in the distance with few, if any, job prospects in sight. Or perhaps that steady summer job isn’t a sure thing this year. Or worse, one of our parents or family members was laid off in this unprecedented job crisis. Whatever the form, we’ve all felt | Read More »